MacWorld 2001 is being held July 17-20 in the
New York City Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
The
exhibit floor will have over 200 different exhibitors, including
IBM,
Hewlett-Packard, and (surprisingly)
Microsoft. The conference is traditionally where
Apple announces their new products and updates for
operating systems and
software, as well as one of the best places to go to learn about
Mac products and technologies. Most of the
workshops offered are taught by the
developers and
product managers who helped create the product, so they know and will teach even
clueless newbies about all the secret ins and outs of the latest technologies.
This year's big excitement is over
OS X, Apple's new quasi-
UNIX based operating system, as well as the new
flatscreen monitors, the
TiBook, and the new
iBook.
New Products introduced include:
3 new models of iMac:
500 MHz with 20 GB
hard drive, 128 MB
RAM, and CD-RW for $999
600
MHz with 40
GB hard drive, 256 MB RAM and CD-RW for $1299
700 MHz with 60 GB hard drive, 256
MB RAM and
CD-RW $1499
"QuickSilver" G4 Towers:
733 MHz, 40 GB hard drive, 3 drive bays, CD-RW $1699,
867 MHz, 60 GB hard drive, "
SuperDrive"$2499
Dual 800MHz (with 12 GigaFlops, dual cache) 80 GB hard drive, 3 drive bays, "SuperDrive" $3499
LCD Monitors:
3 Active-matrix LCD, powered from computers, one cable (22", 17", 15")($2499, $999, $599)
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